Second one-day international, Centurion:
South Africa 132-3 beat Australia 131 by seven wickets
Match scorecard
 Parnell (second left) had a wonderful match in only his second one-dayer
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A bowling performance of immense promise from Wayne Parnell, 19, helped South Africa level the one-day series against Australia in Centurion.
After a one-sided match in Australia's favour in Durban, Parnell (4-25) and Dale Steyn (4-27) had the tourists 40-6 at one stage and 145 all out.
In only his second ODI, left-armer Parnell caused havoc, moving the new ball off the seam both ways.
South Africa needed just 26.2 overs to cruise to a seven-wicket win.
Ricky Ponting won the toss, but whereas in Durban it was an easy decision to bat first and bowl under the floodlights, the morning start here meant there was little advantage either way.
Australia batted first again, but this time it went horribly wrong from the moment Brad Haddin's inside edge deflected a quick delivery from Steyn onto his stumps.
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Parnell tested Ponting with some inswingers and then intelligently slanted one across the right-hander, whose resulting edge was gleefully taken by a diving Mark Boucher.
And he then had the two Michaels, Clarke and Hussey, lbw to balls that pitched in line and straightened. In between those two hammer blows, Steyn persuaded David Hussey to edge another catch to Boucher and the Aussies were 19-5.
Callum Ferguson was the man who prevented complete embarrassment for the tourists with an intelligent innings of 50, helped along the way by another promising batting contribution from Mitchell Johnson, who contributed 30.
But enough wickets continued to come South Africa's way to keep the home crowd happy, including an lbw for Johan Botha from a delightful "doosra".
Johnson got through his whole 10-over allocation inside 22 overs as Australia desperately looked for early wickets.
But Graeme Smith (40) and Jacques Kallis (31) put on 69 for the second wicket to ensure there would be no danger of a second South African defeat in the five-match series.
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